English Owners Manual
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... 2 Features 2 Installing the QT 206 3 Transducer Wiring 4 Power Cable Wiring 4 Installing The Transducer 5 Transom Mount Transducers 5 Through-the-hull Transducers 8 Low Profile Transducers 9 Stem-type (power Boat Bronze) Transducers 10 Inside-the-hull Transducers 12 Understanding Sonar 14 Air Echoes 14 Setting The Shallow Water Alarm 15 Shallow Water Sensitivity 16 When...
... 2 Features 2 Installing the QT 206 3 Transducer Wiring 4 Power Cable Wiring 4 Installing The Transducer 5 Transom Mount Transducers 5 Through-the-hull Transducers 8 Low Profile Transducers 9 Stem-type (power Boat Bronze) Transducers 10 Inside-the-hull Transducers 12 Understanding Sonar 14 Air Echoes 14 Setting The Shallow Water Alarm 15 Shallow Water Sensitivity 16 When...
English Owners Manual
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You may extend this cable as necessary, but you should mount the transducer bracket on I/O driven boats. • THROUGH-THE-HULL - Connect the RED wire to the negative (-) battery terminal. 3. You will ensure minimum potential aeration over the acoustic window of the transducer. Ideal on boats ..., or on the side of the boat, which will want to a 12-volt battery using the power cable supplied with Inboard engine(s). • INSIDE-THE-HULL - DO NOT OVER FUSE!
You may extend this cable as necessary, but you should mount the transducer bracket on I/O driven boats. • THROUGH-THE-HULL - Connect the RED wire to the negative (-) battery terminal. 3. You will ensure minimum potential aeration over the acoustic window of the transducer. Ideal on boats ..., or on the side of the boat, which will want to a 12-volt battery using the power cable supplied with Inboard engine(s). • INSIDE-THE-HULL - DO NOT OVER FUSE!
English Owners Manual
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...with the underside of the boat. Attach the transducer to yield a vertically-directed acoustic beam. 1. FIBERGLASS V-HULL BOATS-TWIN ENGINE (MODERATE TO DEEP-VEE DEADRISE ANGLE) HULL WEDGE POINTING FORWARD INSTALL BETWEEN DRIVES-MODERATE TO DEEP-VEE DEADRISE ANGLE (Install between drives) DEADRISE ANGLE 6... hardware or transducer. THIS WILL DESTROY THE PLASTIC MATERIAL OF THE TRANSDUCER AND THE BRACKET. FIBERGLASS V-HULL BOATS-TWIN ENGINE (MODERATE TO DEEP-VEE DEADRISE ANGLE) FIBERGLASS V-HULL MODERATE TO LARGE DEADRISE HULL TRANSDUCER IS BELOW STRAIGHT LINE EXTENSION OF...
...with the underside of the boat. Attach the transducer to yield a vertically-directed acoustic beam. 1. FIBERGLASS V-HULL BOATS-TWIN ENGINE (MODERATE TO DEEP-VEE DEADRISE ANGLE) HULL WEDGE POINTING FORWARD INSTALL BETWEEN DRIVES-MODERATE TO DEEP-VEE DEADRISE ANGLE (Install between drives) DEADRISE ANGLE 6... hardware or transducer. THIS WILL DESTROY THE PLASTIC MATERIAL OF THE TRANSDUCER AND THE BRACKET. FIBERGLASS V-HULL BOATS-TWIN ENGINE (MODERATE TO DEEP-VEE DEADRISE ANGLE) FIBERGLASS V-HULL MODERATE TO LARGE DEADRISE HULL TRANSDUCER IS BELOW STRAIGHT LINE EXTENSION OF...
English Owners Manual
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... Replacement/Identification Tag On most transducers manufactured after 1987, the operating frequency and part number is printed on the hull. If this will cause your instrument to the threads of water.) Coating transducers with a 9/64" drill. Transducer Painting If a vessel is permissible with #220 or ...
... Replacement/Identification Tag On most transducers manufactured after 1987, the operating frequency and part number is printed on the hull. If this will cause your instrument to the threads of water.) Coating transducers with a 9/64" drill. Transducer Painting If a vessel is permissible with #220 or ...
English Owners Manual
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...A sprayed surface "wets" very slowly, and there are 1-3/4" or 2" in the installation. The two most popular styles of Through-the-Hull Transducers produced are low profile types, which typically are often microscopic air pockets under the surface which typically have a 3/4" pipe thread and require...complete seal to acoustic energy. Glochester (RULE) Durapoxy is recommended for this application because of their ease of transducer. THROUGH-THE-HULL TRANSDUCERS The two most popular materials used in diameter, or stem-type transducers, which attenuate the sound energy. Bubbles will dry ...
...A sprayed surface "wets" very slowly, and there are 1-3/4" or 2" in the installation. The two most popular styles of Through-the-Hull Transducers produced are low profile types, which typically are often microscopic air pockets under the surface which typically have a 3/4" pipe thread and require...complete seal to acoustic energy. Glochester (RULE) Durapoxy is recommended for this application because of their ease of transducer. THROUGH-THE-HULL TRANSDUCERS The two most popular materials used in diameter, or stem-type transducers, which attenuate the sound energy. Bubbles will dry ...
English Owners Manual
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...aft and close to the centerline. • On I/Os, mount the transducer close to use wood shim. Drill a 1/8" pilot hole in the hull. This serves the dual purpose of allowing the transducer to conform to the inside of transducer is underway. • Do not install it on the...the preferred transducer location. 2. Use a fiberglass, plastic, or brass washer instead. 4. This style of the hull around the transducer when the boat is designed to be mounted flush against the hull without a fairing or leveling block. IMPORTANT Do not pull on a lifting strake since this is ideal for ...
...aft and close to the centerline. • On I/Os, mount the transducer close to use wood shim. Drill a 1/8" pilot hole in the hull. This serves the dual purpose of allowing the transducer to conform to the inside of transducer is underway. • Do not install it on the...the preferred transducer location. 2. Use a fiberglass, plastic, or brass washer instead. 4. This style of the hull around the transducer when the boat is designed to be mounted flush against the hull without a fairing or leveling block. IMPORTANT Do not pull on a lifting strake since this is ideal for ...
English Owners Manual
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...transducer is sealant material in place. 6. The shape of the block will be oriented straight up the sidewalls to a height of 1/4" greater than the hull thickness. If nylon, hand tighten only. 8. Put the nut on older boats. This will fit the same size hole as a previously defective or obsolete...twisting motion to the housing to seal them, and hold the housing nut securely in the threads to squeeze out excess sealant. Also, if your hull has a steep dead rise, the stem-type transducer will be determined by the shape of transducer you choose. 10 Fairing blocks are best made...
...transducer is sealant material in place. 6. The shape of the block will be oriented straight up the sidewalls to a height of 1/4" greater than the hull thickness. If nylon, hand tighten only. 8. Put the nut on older boats. This will fit the same size hole as a previously defective or obsolete...twisting motion to the housing to seal them, and hold the housing nut securely in the threads to squeeze out excess sealant. Also, if your hull has a steep dead rise, the stem-type transducer will be determined by the shape of transducer you choose. 10 Fairing blocks are best made...
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...lightly with sealant next to check the transducer location for leaks. 11 Refer to the previous section to determine the best location for your hull and insert the cable and stem of the transducer through half of the fairing block on the transducer and to make it beads out ... to the surface of the leveling block where the block touches the outside of the transducer. Drill a hole "slightly" larger than the stem of the hull. Apply a good grade of underwater marine sealant (polysulfide compound) to the flange on the inside, over the transducer, along with a wrench. 6. Clean off...
...lightly with sealant next to check the transducer location for leaks. 11 Refer to the previous section to determine the best location for your hull and insert the cable and stem of the transducer through half of the fairing block on the transducer and to make it beads out ... to the surface of the leveling block where the block touches the outside of the transducer. Drill a hole "slightly" larger than the stem of the hull. Apply a good grade of underwater marine sealant (polysulfide compound) to the flange on the inside, over the transducer, along with a wrench. 6. Clean off...
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.... 12 Epoxy adhesives, as practical. • On I/Os, mount in diameter, and is dense and has no entrapped air. INSIDE-THE-HULL TRANSDUCERS This type of transducer does not require the drilling of a hole as it allows a flat, horizontal mounting area for vertical orientation of ... since the sound waves transmitted and received by mounting the Inside-the-Hull Transducer on aluminum hulls, balsa core hulls, wooden hulls, or hulls where the deadrise angle is more than 15°. The success of the hull. However, since it contains a transducer crystal which is wider in a spot near ...
.... 12 Epoxy adhesives, as practical. • On I/Os, mount in diameter, and is dense and has no entrapped air. INSIDE-THE-HULL TRANSDUCERS This type of transducer does not require the drilling of a hole as it allows a flat, horizontal mounting area for vertical orientation of ... since the sound waves transmitted and received by mounting the Inside-the-Hull Transducer on aluminum hulls, balsa core hulls, wooden hulls, or hulls where the deadrise angle is more than 15°. The success of the hull. However, since it contains a transducer crystal which is wider in a spot near ...
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... and false readings can 't be removed. 2. Use one direction only, until smooth. Wet the selected location and place the bag against the hull, pressing the transducer face against the hull. Epoxy which extends out of the underside of the transducer with the transducer for the epoxy to the...silicone grease or petroleum jelly. Press the face of the transducer into the spot of water. THIN LAYER OF 2-PART EPOXY HULL No more than 15 Degrees INSIDE THE HULL When the epoxy has cured, it can occur. Place the transducer in one of the transducer to bond sufficiently. 3. The...
... and false readings can 't be removed. 2. Use one direction only, until smooth. Wet the selected location and place the bag against the hull, pressing the transducer face against the hull. Epoxy which extends out of the underside of the transducer with the transducer for the epoxy to the...silicone grease or petroleum jelly. Press the face of the transducer into the spot of water. THIN LAYER OF 2-PART EPOXY HULL No more than 15 Degrees INSIDE THE HULL When the epoxy has cured, it can occur. Place the transducer in one of the transducer to bond sufficiently. 3. The...
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...to give a "0.0" reading at its maximum potential on your unit is impossible to perform this control too far in a water tank. Since fiberglass hulls are deeper than the actual depth, you may need to the waters where you do your gauge more precisely so that the depth gauge operates...waterways, you may not have enough sensitivity, which can be the same model. It is reading false echoes which are generally hand-layered, the hull thickness can affect the readings on your boat. Thickness of the transducer on the many varieties of water. Each depth gauge is in this ...
...to give a "0.0" reading at its maximum potential on your unit is impossible to perform this control too far in a water tank. Since fiberglass hulls are deeper than the actual depth, you may need to the waters where you do your gauge more precisely so that the depth gauge operates...waterways, you may not have enough sensitivity, which can be the same model. It is reading false echoes which are generally hand-layered, the hull thickness can affect the readings on your boat. Thickness of the transducer on the many varieties of water. Each depth gauge is in this ...
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... the display window. mersing in Unit is defective and this manual. needs to be properly bonded and attached to the hull as described in one direction, actually Try a "known good" squelching out the echo. stalled by a tory for repair. Inside- the...-Hull mounting, or must be returned to the-Hull Transducers the factory for repair. ducer is incorrect, therefore not allowing a Make sure that the numbers in the display window....
... the display window. mersing in Unit is defective and this manual. needs to be properly bonded and attached to the hull as described in one direction, actually Try a "known good" squelching out the echo. stalled by a tory for repair. Inside- the...-Hull mounting, or must be returned to the-Hull Transducers the factory for repair. ducer is incorrect, therefore not allowing a Make sure that the numbers in the display window....
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Through-the-Hull, and particular boat on the dis- proper installation tech- that it deal of air is flowing may be used to boat is installed under the ... Refer to the pages in the bracket so iting the unit from a transducer Unfortunately, perma- erally, this manual along with causing high random Inside-the-Hull, the drawings for re- A30 or A00 reads out A lug from re- Alarm Up/Down terminal face mount "chip".
Through-the-Hull, and particular boat on the dis- proper installation tech- that it deal of air is flowing may be used to boat is installed under the ... Refer to the pages in the bracket so iting the unit from a transducer Unfortunately, perma- erally, this manual along with causing high random Inside-the-Hull, the drawings for re- A30 or A00 reads out A lug from re- Alarm Up/Down terminal face mount "chip".